Karteria Partners Welcomes Robbie Epsom as Co-Founder, Completing Founding Leadership Team
- Karteria Partners
- Jan 21
- 3 min read
PRESS RELEASE -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Partnership now at full strength to deploy fractional executive expertise at board and operating partner level
London, UK – 21 January 2026 – Karteria Partners announces that Robbie Epsom
has joined Philippa Gill and Meike Borchers as Co-Founder, completing the founding leadership team.
Karteria, which is derived from the Greek καρτερία meaning endurance, resilience, and stability, launched on 6 January 2026 to address a structural capability gap in the real asset and climate-tech sectors: the need for board-level and operating partner expertise that can be mobilised rapidly.
The partnership deploys senior professionals directly into governance and operational roles across investment platforms, private equity, fund managers, and climate-tech ventures through four primary models:
Fractional Operating Partner: Embedded senior leadership providing executive oversight across portfolio companies, investment platforms, or transformation programmes
Non-Executive Director: Formal board appointments with fiduciary responsibilities, bringing independent judgment and Investment Committee experience
Executive Advisor: On-demand support for mandate-critical decisions - strengthening bids, unblocking stalled initiatives, providing independent challenge and acting as an expert client representative
Board/Venture Advisor: Trusted counsel for PropTech, climate-tech and data platform businesses navigating product-market fit, enterprise sales, or investor expectations
With Robbie's appointment, Karteria now brings together three co-founders with complementary expertise rarely combined in traditional advisory models.
Robbie Epsom:
"I'm honoured to join Philippa and Meike as Co-Founder of Karteria Partners. Our sector is evolving. The fractional operating partner model that's long been standard in private equity and professional services is now essential for sustainability and real assets. Real asset value is being redefined - climate resilience, operational efficiency, and capital access are now inseparable. Assets with high energy intensity or unmitigated physical risk face yield compression, debt friction, and impaired exit liquidity. The capability gap isn't technical; it's structural. Investors need senior judgment that can deploy at board level and in operational delivery - rapidly and flexibly - without consulting overhead or recruitment timelines. That's exactly what Karteria delivers. We're operators who deploy alongside our partners - embedding into investment processes, taking board seats, leading operating partner mandates—translating risk into investment-ready strategy. You need operators who understand both the boardroom and the boiler room.”
Philippa Gill:
" Karteria Partners is delighted to announce that Robbie Epsom has joined as Cofounder, bringing a wealth of experience and strategic insight to our leadership team. Robbie’s appointment marks a significant milestone in Karteria’s mission to close the growing capability gap in sustainability, climate-risk governance, and operational resilience across global real asset markets. The combination of his track record within the industry and his commitment to driving industry standards speaks for itself, and we now have unprecedented expertise across our Founders, embodying senior judgment that translates into investment reality, not aspiration. "
Meike Borchers:
"We are so very excited about Robbie expanding our partnership model. With Robbie joining us, we now have strengthened our capabilities even further, accelerating our ability to deploy across investment strategy, engineering execution, and board-level governance - deployed at the pace the market requires. What sets Karteria apart is how we work. We deploy senior judgement directly into boards and operating roles to protect value and support long-term decision-making without the friction of traditional consulting.
Karteria Partners serves institutional investors, fund managers, private equity platforms, pension funds, banks, insurers, and PropTech/climate-tech/green-tech ventures across the real asset ecosystem. Engagements are structured around time commitments and desired outcomes, adapting in real-time as priorities evolve.
Karteria Partners is a marketing and branding platform and not a legal entity in its own right.
For more information: www.karteriapartners.com
Link to Robbie Epsom Bio:
Media Contact:contact@karteriapartners.com
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